Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-05


THE President issued q procla mation on
the 18th suspending discriminating duties,
tonnage, taxes, etc, upon vessels Of the
Netherlands and Dutch East Indies, under
the law authorizing him to make such
exemptions where similar advantages
have been afforded to vessels of the United
States.
THE death of George M. Haggitris,
which occurred at the Allegheny General
Hospital, Pittsb burg, Pa, on the 2Sth, adds
fourth victim to the Willis fire horror.
The day was the one set for the dead
mans marriage. His affianced was by his
side to the last, when she gave way to
paroxysms of grief and is inconsolable.
A FIRE at Georgetown, Col, occurred at
| one o'clock on the morning of the 18th,
which destroyed the Fish and HamiI
| blocks, including the Bank of Clear Creek
| County, the Eagle clearinghouse,
! Wright's confectionery, Wallings' grocery
| and bakery, together with several small
| buildings. Loss, $50, 600: insurance, light.
| AT meeting of wire nail manufacture
| ers held at Pittsburgh on the 2Sth, per-
| manent National association was formed,
with D. c. Hartman, of Beaver Falls, Pa,
| as president, and C. ID. Jones, of New
York, secretary. No change was made
in prices, but the list was modified some
| what.
| THE city of Louisville, KY, was in a
state of ferment all day and night, on the
Goth, over the determination of mob to
| lynch the two negroes, Patterson and
| Turner, who committed the assault upon
| Jennie Bowman, that will doubtless re-
| suit in death. The police, aided by heavy
detachment Of militia, had, up to latest
| accounts, succeeded in holding the mob
| at bay, but violent outbreak was i'm
| minent.
| THE Grant relics are now on public ex-
| hibition at Washington.
| 1T is stated from Washington that all
| the orders suspending the operation Of
the long and short haul provision of the
| Interstate Commerce law are to cease on
| the same date.
| CONGRESSMAN HEARD, of Missouri, who
has been seriously ill in Washington, is
| improving
BISMARCK, on the Goth, ordered the re-
| lease of Schnaebeles, and the Emperor
| William signed the order.
RUMoRs of martial law for Alsace-Lor-
| raine are again current in Berlin.
DEBATE in committee stage on the Irish
| Crimes bill was begun in the British House
| of Cmmons on the 29th.
| IN the British House of Lords, on the
Goth, the question of substituting Pacific
ocean mail line from Vancouver's island
| was discussed.
JAMES D. WEsTCorT, ex-associate justice
| of the Florida Supreme Court, died at Tai
lahasse on the 29th. He was a son of
| Florida's first United States Senator.
| Mr.. AND MRS. SYLVESTER BowsHER, of
Kingman, Ind, have identified the two
boys who were recently killed by the cars
at Hagerstown, ILL.,, one being their son
| and the other a cousin.
Mr.. BLAINE and family arrived home
| has nearly regained his usual health.
| SEVENTY yachts have thus far been en-
tered in the Queens jubilee race, and the
number will probably be considerably IN
creased before the entries close on June Z.
| CONGRESSMAN RANDALL, who has been
| having hard tussle recently with his
old-time enemy. the gout Is out again and
| was among the callers at the White
| House on the Goth.
JUDGE ). P. USHER, general attorney for
Kansas of the Missouri Pacific railway,
has resigned and retired to private life.
He is the sole survivor of President Lin
coins Cabinet, and is getting quite fee
| BILE. A. L. Williams, of Topeka, is his
| successor.
THE Missouri Pacific car and machine
shops have been located at Atchison by
Geneyal Manager Clarke. They are to be
built on the western limits of the city, and
| will be the central shops of the Missouri
Pacific system for Kansas.
MARKER RUSH, well known in Pitts.
burgh, Pa, who was a few years ago
worth $500, GOO, died at the city poor farm
on the goth of softening of the brain.
Rush was proprietor of the Rush House
in Pittsburgh for many years, and at one
time also owned the Point Breeze Hotel in
Philadelphia.
| CAPTAIN PATRICK DOYLE and eighteen
men, part of the crew of the BIRTHS h
steamer Bon Hope, were picked up on the
18Th in Tybee roads by pilot-b boat and
landed al Savannah, Ga. Their vessel,
bound from New York to Vera Cruz, was
burned and the crew had to take to their
| boats.
ADvICEs were received at Rome fir ON
| Massowah on the Goth of alarming i'm
port, and indicate disastrous ending of
the Abyssinian expedition unless assist
ance is rendered without delay. Three
battalions of troops have been ordered to
embark Immediately to reinforce the ex
petition, and it is likely that further re-
Inducements will be dispatched within a
| short time.